Wow! Has it really been a week? I guess so because we are headed back to Aracaju in the morning... or should I say later this morning. Today was our last day in Santa Brigida this year. It is always a sad time to leave the people behind that we have come to love over these last 7 or 8 years. There are so many heart wrenching stories in this little town. There is not enough time to list them here. We worked with members from the church again today and the 4 teams continued to reach out into areas of town that had not been covered before. I had Pablo from the church, Shannon, Taisa and Emerson on my team. The goal was to get Pablo comfortable in sharing with the E-Cube so we made it a point to get him to discuss the cube in several homes. I am greatly impressed with 19 year old Shannon. She has a spiritual maturity that allowed her to share with several people in a way that was authoritative but at the same time genuine and friendly. Her easy, friendly manner resulted in open arms from everyone she talked to. Not, all received the gift of salvation from God but all heard a clear presentation of the Gospel and a warning that this decision is not something they should put off.
There is still a great need in Santa Brigida for the Truth and for someone to tell it. Please pray that God will send a pastor to this little Baptist church.
Emerson has come through again with a super team of translators. These girls are very talented and capable as well as being Spirit led and focused on serving God. We are very fortunate to have Emerson handling all our logistics from Brazil. This allows the whole team to focus on the mission without worrying about things like hotel, food, transportation, etc. etc.
Tonight we did an open air event in the town square. Central Baptist had invited all the English teaching schools to bring their students to talk to Americans. We played music, sang, did the drama and then Zach spoke. The people in the square got to practice their English on us but they also heard the Gospel.
Now we are back at the hotel and I can hear some of the team laughing over stories out in the lobby. It is 1:15 and we have to have the bus loaded at 7am. I have to decide now wether to go hang out with the team or try to get a little sleep. Oh well, sleep is overrated.
Love in Jesus
Rob
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